outfoot
Americanverb (used with object)
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to surpass (another person) in running, walking, etc.; outstrip.
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to outsail; excel (another boat) in speed.
verb
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(of a boat) to go faster than (another boat)
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to surpass in running, dancing, etc
Etymology
Origin of outfoot
Example Sentences
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Withington is 68, merely mellow for the antiques dodge, a country dance in which the old outfoot the young because they have had time to learn a trade whose secret is endless learning.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rails, whose spectacular traffic rise has helped them outfoot rising costs, were leveling-off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Textile-company earnings were down 12%; food companies, unable to outfoot rising costs, were down 5%.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oil industry's increase in production since Korea has been big enough to outfoot taxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Running across the grass, with flying draperies, two nuns, laughing as they ran, each striving to outfoot the other, were hastening to their rescue.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman
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